Nhat Hanh Quotes About Waiting

Quotes about: Waiting

• The seed of suffering in you may be strong, but don't wait until you have no more suffering before allowing yourself to be happy.

  Nhat Hanh

  Strong, Buddhist, Philosophy

  Thich Nhat Hanh “Thich Nhat Hanh: Essential Writings”, Orbis Books

• Peace ca n exist only in the present moment. It is rid iculous to say "Wait until I fi nish this, then I will be free to live in peace." What is "this" ? A di­ploma, a job, a house, the payment of a debt? If yo u th ink that way, peace wi ll never come. There is always another "th is" that wi ll fo llow the present one. If you are not living in peace at this moment, you will never be able to . If you truly wa nt to be at peace, you must be at peace right now. Otherwise, there is only "the hope of peace some day.

  Nhat Hanh

  Jobs, House, Waiting

• Through your love for each other, through learning the art of making one person happy, you learn to express your love for the whole of humanity and all beings. Please help us develop the curriculum for the Institute for the Happiness of One Person. Don't wait until we open the school. You can begin practicing right away.

  Nhat Hanh

  Art, Buddhist, School

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living”, p.58, Parallax Press

• Please don't wait until the doctors tell you that you are going to have a baby to begin to take care of it. It is already there. Whatever you are, whatever you do, your baby will get it. Anything you eat, any worries that are on your mind will be for him or her. Can you tell me that you cannot smile? Think of the baby, and smile for him, for her, for the future generations. Please don't tell me that a smile and your sorrow just don't go together. It's your sorrow, but what about your baby? It's not his sorrow, its not her sorrow.

  Nhat Hanh

  Baby, Thinking, Doctors

• Often, we feel that we need a leader outside of ourselves -a Buddha, a Gandhi, or a Martin Luther King, Jr.- to show the way. But we have the Buddha inside of us. We have Gandhi and King inside of us as well. We are interconnected. We don't need to wait for some other person to be the change we want to see in the world

  Nhat Hanh

  Kings, Leader, Waiting

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